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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
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| name = M. Alagappa Manickavelu Naicker
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| order1 = Member of Indian Parliament (Rajya Sabha)
| term_start1 = 3 April 1962
| term_end1 = 15 April 1964
| primeminister1 = [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]
| order2 = Minister of Revenue (Madras state)
| term_start2 = 10 April 1952
| term_end2 = 3 April 1962
| premier2 = [[C. Rajagopalachari]],<br />[[K. Kamaraj]]
| predecessor2 = None
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| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1996|07|25|1896|12|14}}
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| nationality = [[India]]n
| party = [[Swarajya Party]] (till 1934),<br />[[Commonweal Party]] (1951-1954),<br />[[Indian National Congress]](from 1954 onwards)
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'''M. Alagappa Manickavelu Naicker''' (14 December 1896 – 25 July 1996) or simply, '''M. A. Manickavelu''' was an Indian politician of the [[Indian National Congress]] and founder of the [[Commonweal Party]]. He served as the Minister of Revenue for the Madras state from 1953 to 1962. He also served as a member of the [[Rajya Sabha]] from 1962 to 1964. During 1964-70 he was the Chairman (presiding officer) of the [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Council]]

== Early life ==

Manickavelu was born to M. Alagappa Naicker on 14 December 1896. Alagappa belonged to numerically strong [[Vanniyar]] community of Tamil Nadu. Manickavelu graduated in [[arts]] and proceeded to qualify as a [[lawyer]]. Manickavelu entered politics early in life and became a member of the [[Swarajya Party]] faction of the Indian National Congress.<ref name="modernity_of_traditionp55">{{cite book | title=The Modernity of Tradition: political development in India| url=https://archive.org/details/modernityoftradi00rudo| url-access=registration| last=I. Rudolph| first=Lloyd| year=1969| pages=[https://archive.org/details/modernityoftradi00rudo/page/55 55]| publisher=University of Chicago| isbn=0-226-73137-5 |author2=Susanne Hoeber Rudolph}}</ref> In 1926, he was elected to the [[Madras Legislative Council]].Manickavelu served as a member of the Madras Legislative Council from 1926 to 1937.

==Commonweal Party==

In 1951, Naicker founded the [[Commonweal Party]] which represented Vanniyar interests in [[Chingleput]] and [[North Arcot]] districts.<ref name="modernity_of_traditionp56">{{cite book | title=The Modernity of Tradition: political development in India| url=https://archive.org/details/modernityoftradi00rudo| url-access=registration| last=I. Rudolph| first=Lloyd| year=1969| pages=[https://archive.org/details/modernityoftradi00rudo/page/56 56]| publisher=University of Chicago| isbn=0-226-73137-5 |author2=Susanne Hoeber Rudolph}}</ref> In 1951, he contested in the 1951 elections, the first held in independent India as a candidate of the Commonweal Party, an ally of the [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]], and was elected to the assembly once again. Naicker was appointed Minister of Land Revenue and served from 1953 to 1962.<ref name="councilofministers">{{cite web|title=Council of Ministers and their Portfolios (1952-1957) |work=A Review of the Madras Legislative Assembly (1952-1957) |url=http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/archive/Resumes/review_01assly/table04.pdf |publisher=Government of Tamil Nadu |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017181036/http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/archive/Resumes/review_01assly/table04.pdf |archivedate=2013-10-17 }}</ref> When Rajagopalachari stepped down as Chief Minister and was succeeded by Kamaraj, Naicker dissolved the Commonweal Party and merged his organisation with the Indian National Congress.<ref name="modernity_of_traditionp58">{{cite book | title=The Modernity of Tradition: political development in India| url=https://archive.org/details/modernityoftradi00rudo| url-access=registration| last=I. Rudolph| first=Lloyd| year=1969| pages=[https://archive.org/details/modernityoftradi00rudo/page/58 58]| publisher=University of Chicago| isbn=0-226-73137-5 |author2=Susanne Hoeber Rudolph}}</ref> He served as a member of the Madras Legislative Assembly till 1962 when he was elected to the upper house of India's Parliament, the Rajya Sabha. He served as a member of the Rajya Sabha from 1962 to 1964.

== Death ==

Manickavelu Naicker died in Madras on 25 July 1996.<ref name="dataindiap544">{{cite book|title=Data India|publisher=Press Institute of India|year=1996|pages=544}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[S. S. Ramasami Padayatchiyar]]

== Notes ==

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== References ==

* {{cite web|title=Rajya Sabha Biography|publisher=Parliament of India|url=http://www.rajyasabha.nic.in/kiosk/whoswho/prev90n.htm}}

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[[Category:Tamil Nadu ministers]]
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